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Barcelona’s Olmo Suffers Fresh Registration Setback
Barcelona’s Olmo Suffers Fresh Registration Setback

La Liga and the Spanish football federation on Saturday again rejected Barcelona's desperate attempts to register Dani Olmo and avoid a potentially embarrassing departure of their star playmaker. The future of Olmo and young forward Pau Victor at the Catalan giants has been on hold over a financial and administrative limbo that prevented their ...

Thunder Win Streak Hits 14 as Wemby Triumphs in 100th Game
Thunder Win Streak Hits 14 as Wemby Triumphs in 100th Game

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their 14th consecutive NBA victory, a 117-107 home win over the New York Knicks on Friday. The Thunder matched the longest win streak in franchise history from the 1995-96 season, when they were the Seattle SuperSonics, and snapped New York's nine-game win streak, the ...

Bellingham Grabs Real Madrid Late Valencia Win After Vinicius Red
Bellingham Grabs Real Madrid Late Valencia Win After Vinicius Red

Jude Bellingham made amends for missing a penalty by snatching 10-man Real Madrid a 2-1 victory at Valencia on Friday to take them top of La Liga after winger Vinicius Junior was sent off. Huro Duro sent the hosts ahead in the first half of a feisty clash but Luka Modric levelled for Carlo Ancelotti's side before Bellingham pounced in stoppage ...

Djokovic Australian Open Preparations Take Hit With Loss to Opelka
Djokovic Australian Open Preparations Take Hit With Loss to Opelka

Former world number one Novak Djokovic's Australian Open preparations suffered a blow Friday as he was bundled out of the Brisbane International by towering American Reilly Opelka. The 2.11 metre (six feet 11 inches) Opelka served magnificently and returned just as well to stun the 24-time Grand Slam winner 7-6 (8/6), 6-3. Djokovic had gone into ...

Ralph Aaraj, Master of Clay Targets in the Lebanese Trap Championship
Ralph Aaraj, Master of Clay Targets in the Lebanese Trap Championship

The Safra Shooting and Hunting Club hosted the fifth stage of the prestigious Lebanese Trap Championship in the Olympic Trap category, Category “A.” Organized by the Lebanese Shooting and Hunting Federation, the event gathered Lebanon's best shooters, delivering an intense and thrilling spectacle for shooting enthusiasts. Thirteen competitors ...

Dumfries Double Takes Inter Into Italian Super Cup final
Dumfries Double Takes Inter Into Italian Super Cup final

Denzel Dumfries scored both goals as Inter Milan defeated Atalanta 2-0 on Thursday in Riyadh to book his team a place in the Italian Super Cup final. The Netherlands international put the reigning Serie A champions ahead against this season's league leaders four minutes into the second half with an acrobatic finish from close range. Dumfries ...

Thunder Stretch NBA Win Streak to 13 as Celtics Edge T-Wolves
Thunder Stretch NBA Win Streak to 13 as Celtics Edge T-Wolves

Oklahoma City stretched the NBA's best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot triumph at Minnesota. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had game highs of 29 points and eight assists to spark the host Thunder over the Los Angeles Clippers 116-98, improving the Western Conference ...

Tennis: Djokovic, Sabalenka Into Brisbane Quarters as Rising Stars Impress
Tennis: Djokovic, Sabalenka Into Brisbane Quarters as Rising Stars Impress

Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were in ominous form ahead of the Australian Open as both powered into the Brisbane International quarter-finals on Thursday. On a day when rising stars Mirra Andreeva and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard underlined their potential, Djokovic cruised past fellow veteran Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 in 72 minutes. In the ...

Knicks Roll to Ninth Straight Win, Another Triple-Double for Jokic
Knicks Roll to Ninth Straight Win, Another Triple-Double for Jokic

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Josh Hart delivered his second straight triple-double to propel the New York Knicks to their ninth straight NBA victory on Wednesday, 119-103 over the Utah Jazz. With leading scorer Jalen Brunson sidelined with tightness in his right calf and Miles McBride also absent, Towns and Hart picked up the ...

Arsenal Close Gap on Liverpool as Jesus Stars Again
Arsenal Close Gap on Liverpool as Jesus Stars Again

Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to six points as Gabriel Jesus extended his hot-streak in a 3-1 win at Brentford on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta's side were rocked by Bryan Mbeumo's first-half goal at the Gtech Community Stadium. But Arsenal refused to be blown away on a wet and windy evening in west London as Jesus ...

Cavs Top Lakers in LeBron's First Game at 40, Celtics Crush Raptors
Cavs Top Lakers in LeBron's First Game at 40, Celtics Crush Raptors

The league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers spoiled LeBron James's first game as a 40-year-old, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 122-110 on Tuesday, as the NBA champion Boston Celtics closed out 2024 with a 125-71 demolition of the Toronto Raptors. Jarrett Allen scored 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 26 points and Evan Mobley ...